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Harvested grapes in basket and reaped barley. The tithe (Hebrew: מעשר; ma'aser) is specifically mentioned in the Books of Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy.The tithe system was organized in a seven-year cycle, the seventh-year corresponding to the Shemittah-cycle in which year tithes were broken-off, and in every third and sixth-year of this cycle the second tithe replaced with the poor ...
Bethlehem of Galilee (Hebrew: בֵּית לֶחֶם הַגְּלִילִית, Beit Lehem HaGlilit; lit. "the Galilean Bethlehem") or Bethlehem-in-the-Galilee [2] is a moshav in northern Israel. Located in the Galilee near Kiryat Tivon , around 10 kilometres north-west of Nazareth and 30 kilometres east of Haifa , it falls under the jurisdiction ...
During tithing settlement, each member of the church is individually interviewed by the bishop or branch president of the congregation and asked to declare whether he or she has paid a full tithe to the church, which is defined as ten per cent of the member's income. [2] Tithing settlement meetings are generally held in November or December.
Ma'aserot (Hebrew: מַעֲשְׂרוֹת, lit."Tithes") is the seventh tractate of Seder Zeraim ("Order of Seeds") of the Mishnah, Tosefta, and the Jerusalem Talmud.It discusses the types of produce liable for tithing as well as the circumstances and timing under which produce becomes obligated for tithing.
Tithing years had different starts and ends depending on the particular crop in question; land crops began their tithe year on the first of Tishrei (Rosh Hashanah); according to Eleazar ben Shammua and Simeon bar Yohai the first of Tishri was also the start of the tithe year for cattle, but according to Rabbi Meir it was the first of Elul that ...
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (Reuters) - For a second year running, there is no Christmas cheer in Bethlehem, with tourists shunning the Palestinian city and many residents seeking a way out as the Gaza ...
[1] [2] The settlement is also referred to as "Jabal Abu Ghneim" (also "Jabal Abu Ghunaym"), [3] which is the Arabic name of the hill. One purpose given for the decision approving of its establishment was to obstruct the growth of the nearby Palestinian city of Bethlehem .
When you have finished tithing all the tithes of your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, you shall give them to the Levite, the stranger, the orphan, and the widow, so that they can eat to satiety in your cities. (Deuteronomy 26:12) Thus, this tithe is separated from homegrown crops during the 3rd and 6th year of the seven-year ...